Irish Naval personnel from the LÉ Eithne rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean, June 2015 (Credit: Wikipedia / Irish Defence Forces) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN reported Thursday that at least 70 migrants have gone
France 24 French state-owned international news television network based in Paris. (Source: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France “deplores” a move by Mali’s military junta to suspend broadcasts by French international news outlets RFI and France 24. Mali announced it would ban the French foreign news broadcasts
United States Department of State emblem By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The US Department of State announced Tuesday the imposition of sanctions against 11 high-ranking representatives of the Russian forces and military-industrial complex in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
British Airways and Aviation American Gin in new partnership with the drink launching on board (Credit: BA.com) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES British Airways and Aviation American Gin announcing today a new partnership with the gin launching on board. Customers flying across the pond
Al-Shabaab Emblem (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Ranking Republican member of the Senate Armed Armed Services Committee Sen. Jim Inhofe Tuesday called on the Pentagon to consider re-deploying U.S. troops to Somalia to counter the sharp rise in extremist
The International Criminal Court in The Hague-Netherlands By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Suspected Central African Republic war criminal Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka was surrendered to the International Criminal Court Monday by the authorities of the Republic of Chad. The former CAR militia leader
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Commission adopted further targeted sanctions Wednesday against 160 Russians including 14 “oligarchs” and prominent business people. The new measures impose restrictive measures on 160 individuals concerning Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine. The EU also
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Molly Phee meets with Kenya Deputy President William Ruto at the State Department, Washington DC. Mar. 3, 2022 |Courtesy| Twitter| By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON D.C. – It seems like a repeat of Cold War politics
(Credit: MINUSMA/Gema Cortes) UN peacekeepers patrol the Mopti region in central Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Two UN peacekeepers from Egypt were killed Monday when the logistics convoy they were traveling in hit an improvised
Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / A woman lays flowers at the steps of Ukraine’s embassy located in the Georgetown section of Washington D.C. to show support for the more than 400 civilians killed during the Russian invasion that began Feb. 24, 2022.